Category: News

World Cycling Alliance elects D V Manohar, Chairman, SmartBike Mobility from India as their First Vice President

Mr. D V Manohar, Chairman of India’s PBS company SmartBike is elected as the First Vice President from India of Brussels based World Cycling Alliance (WCA) for a three year term. Alongside Mr. Manohar five other office bearers are likewise elected from across the world. Mr. Manohar is additionally the Chairman of Hyderabad Bicycling Club. “I thank…

Italy-based IQT Consulting Sets Feet in India, Aims to Work for Innovation, Sustainability

Italy-based IQT Consulting has set its feet in the country and has registered in India. The global brand has a business presence and interest in areas in design engineering, project management, and asset management and shall be endeavoring to work in large developmental & national mission projects in municipal infrastructure, water resources, telecom infra and…

Meltio signs a strategic partnership with CNC Manufacturer in India, BFW

Bharat Fritz Werner and Meltio; a disruptive laser metal deposition technology manufacturer, has announced that BFW is going to play a key role in the development and support of the Meltio metal 3D printing and the BFW CNC brand hybrid manufacturing solutions in the Indian market, as an official value-added partner. “The world is changing…

HPCL and IDFC FIRST Bank partner to enable fuel payments using FASTag

IDFC FIRST Bank and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (HPCL) has signed an agreement to facilitate fuel payments by motorists at HPCL’s retail outlets using the Bank’s FASTags. Further, IDFC FIRST Bank’s FASTags can now also be bought, recharged and replaced by passenger vehicle users at select HPCL retail outlets, according to the announcement. It added, “This…

TVS Next announces strategic partnership with Digitate

TVS Next has announced that we have entered a strategic partnership with Digitate to provide Artificial Intelligence Solutions to continue to accelerate its services for high-growth companies, according to the announcement. Digitate is the developer of the ignioTM family of AI-based solutions that help drive business agility, autonomous IT and business operations, and fulfill digital…

Lacework raises $1.3 billion at $8.3 billion valuation

Lacework, the data-driven security platform for the cloud, has announced it has raised $1.3 billion in growth funding at a valuation of $8.3 billion. Lacework will continue to invest in rapidly scaling its business globally, building on recent momentum of more than 3x year-over-year revenue growth, a 3.5x year-over-year increase in new customers, including LogicMonitor,…

Anshul Agrawal becomes the CTO at Branch Personal Finance App

Branch, a global personal finance apps, has elevated Anshul Agrawal to Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for its global business. Anshul has been working in the technology space for over 15 years with extensive experience in technology infra and architecture, security, performance, product, and UI/UX best practices. He is an engineer from IIT Roorkee who left his…

Dyninno Group plans to hire over 520 people in India in 2022

Dyninno, a global technology group of companies that operates in travel, finance, and entertainment in 50 markets, plans to increase its staff in India to over 640 employees by the end of 2022. The group launched in the country as Dyninno India in 2019 and continued hiring even during the pandemic. Dyninno India is expanding…

QuEST Global appoints Courtney Headley as the Global Head for Culture and Inclusion

QuEST Global, a global product engineering and lifecycle services company, has announced the appointment of Courtney Headley as the Global Head for Culture and Inclusion. Courtney will be responsible for strengthening QuEST’s culture, diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) practices as the company expands and maximizes its brand. He will be based out of Connecticut and…

STL appoints Praveen Cherian as CEO for Network Services business, Raman Venkatraman named CEO for Software business

STL, an integrator of digital networks, announced the appointments of Praveen Cherian as the CEO for Network Services Business, and Raman Venkatraman as the CEO for Software Business. Prior to joining STL, Praveen was the Executive Vice President and Head of Infrastructure Services for India and South East Asia at IBM where he was driving…

Vini Cosmetics appoints ex-PepsiCo India exec Vishal Kaul as CEO

Vini Cosmetics announced the appointment of PepsiCo India Senior Executive Vishal Kaul as its CEO with effect from February 2022, according to PTI report. Kaul, who was PepsiCo India Vice-President and Business Head for the beverages business for India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bhutan, will work closely with Vini’s board of directors to execute…

Stock investment platform Smallcase announces an investment of $5 million in Tickertape

Stock investment platform Smallcase has announced an investment of $5 million in Tickertape. Tickertape is a content and information platform for stocks, ETFs, Mutual Funds and other investment instruments, owned by Anchorage Technologies Private Limited. The Company is a private limited company, incorporated in the year 2021, having its registered office in Bangalore. The company…

Enterprise skilling platform Disprz lands $13M in Series B round

Enterprise skilling platform Disprz has announced that it has secured $13 million in the series B funding round co-led by Dallas Venture Capital and Mars Growth Capital. Existing investors including Go1, KOIS’s Tara India Fund IV, Auctus Capital along with Kae Capital also participated in the round. Speaking on the investment, Kuljit Chadha, Co-Founder and…

Bugcrowd names Ravi Chopra as Chief Financial Officer

Bugcrowd, a crowdsourced cybersecurity platform, has announced the appointment of Ravi Chopra as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Chopra will lead Bugcrowd’s financial operations and steer the company’s financial strategy. Chopra brings over 25 years of diverse finance, strategy, and operations experience to Bugcrowd. He built a finance team from the ground up as the…